Epiphaneia, winner of the 2014 Japan Cup, has been retired from racing and will begin his stallion career at Shadai Stallion Station in Hokkaido, Japan in 2016.
Mr. Big, a winning son of Dynaformer, will relocate to E.A. Ranches in Ramona, Calif., for the 2016 breeding season, where he will stand for a fee to be announced at a later date.
Monkey Business, a daughter of U.S. sire and record-priced juvenile The Green Monkey, clinched the 2015 Panamanian filly Triple Crown on July 12 when she won the Group 2 Clasico Raúl (Lul) Arango, Raúl (Baby) Arango y Roberto (Bob) Arango Chiari at Hipodromo Presidente Remon.
As Triple Crown winner American Pharoah’s second act begins with the Haskell Invitational this Sunday, the wheels are already turning on his second career. It was announced in May that American Pharoah’s breeding rights were sold to Coolmore Stud for an undisclosed amount, and he will begin his stud career at the international operation’s Ashford Stud upon his retirement.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Real Solution has been sold to Calumet Farm and will take up stud residence there for the 2016 season.
Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings and Elevage II purchased a 20 percent share of Hall of Famer and prominent stallion Curlin in May for $6,218,160, Blood-Horse reported.
Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin has continued his prowess in the breeding shed, producing a noteworthy classic performer from each of his first three crops. The Lane’s End stallion recently turned in a monster weekend, as Daily Racing Form’s SirePowered Results shows him with six winners from Friday through Sunday, led by a pair of graded stakes winners at Saratoga.
There are no days off for Lava Man, the 2015 Hall of Fame inductee. At the age of 14, Lava Man thrives on activity. He is a pony for longtime trainer Doug O’Neill at Los Alamitos, guiding the stable’s young horses to and from the track.
Xtra Heat has earned her carrots many times over. The bargain-basement purchase became a Grade 1-winning multimillionaire, an Eclipse Award winner, and now a Hall of Famer. The Dixieland Heat mare will take her place in the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in an induction ceremony Aug. 7 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Through much of the 20th century, the name “Whitney” was synonymous with the very best of Thoroughbred racing.
